Card Rulings:Great Shogun Shien

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OCG Rulings

• If the effect of "Great Shogun Shien" is applied, when "Magic Jammer"/"Seven Tools of the Bandit"/etc negates the activation of a Spell/Trap Card, the opponent can activate one more Spell/Trap Card.

Previously Official Rulings

• The second effect of this card restricts your opponent to either 1 Spell Card or 1 Trap Card each turn; not one of each. This effect applies during both players' turns.

• The second effect of this card only restricts the activation of new cards. It does not restrict the number of times that the effects of face-up Continuous Spell and Trap Cards can be used.

• The second effect of this card only applies to cards activated after "Great Shogun Shien" is face-up on the field. If your opponent activates a Spell or Trap Card, and then later you Special Summon "Great Shogun Shien" (or flip him face-up), your opponent can still activate 1 more Spell/Trap Card this turn.

• If "Great Shogun Shien" is face-up, and the activation of your opponent's Spell/Trap Card is negated (by "Magic Jammer", etc.), they can still activate 1 more Spell/Trap Card after that.

Six Samurai Rulings

TCG Rulings

Mentions in Other Rulings

• Majestic Star Dragon: If you negate "The Six Samurai - Yaichi", you cannot apply the effect to destroy another "Six Samurai" monster instead if "Majestic Star Dragon" would be destroyed.

OCG Rulings

• When all "Six Samurai" monsters (and "Great Shogun Shien") would be destroyed simultaneously by "Torrential Tribute"/"Dark Hole"/etc, you cannot use the substitution effect to destroy another "Six Samurai" monster.

• Suppose that "Majestic Star Dragon" negates the effect of "The Six Samurai - Yaichi". If "Majestic Star Dragon" would be destroyed, then you cannot instead apply the Continuous Effect "If this card would be destroyed, you can destroy another "Six Samurai" monster you control instead." from "The Six Samurai - Yaichi" instead.

Previously Official Rulings

• These rulings apply for all "The Six Samurai" monsters and "Great Shogun Shien".

• The effect “If this card would be destroyed, you can destroy a(nother) "Six Samurai" monster you control instead.” is a Continuous Effect. You can apply this effect while resolving an effect that would destroy the monster.

• This effect does not target.

• This effect can be used during the Damage Step. If you destroy a “Six Samurai” to save another “Six Samurai” that would have been destroyed by battle, you do so during damage calculation. The “Six Samurai” that you destroyed instead is sent to the Graveyard at the same time that monsters destroyed by battle are sent to the Graveyard.

• You cannot destroy a face-down “Six Samurai” monster instead.

• You cannot destroy a “Six Samurai” monster to save more than one other “Six Samurai” monster at the same time. Example: You control “Yariza” in Defense Position and “Nisashi” and “Irou” in Attack Position. “Mirror Force” is activated when you attack with “Nisashi”. You can destroy “Yariza” to save “Nisashi”, or destroy “Yariza” to save “Irou”. You cannot destroy “Yariza” to save both “Nisashi” and “Irou” at the same time.

• A “Six Samurai” monster that is in the process of being destroyed cannot be destroyed to save another “Six Samurai” monster. For example, if you control “Yariza”, “Nisashi”, and “Irou” all in Attack Position, and your opponent activates “Mirror Force”, you cannot destroy any of those 3 instead of another.

• You can use the effect of “Six Samurai” monsters to prevent them from being destroyed by the effects of “Call of the Haunted” or “Premature Burial”. So if a “Six Samurai” (or “Great Shogun Shien”) is targeted by “Call of the Haunted”, and “Call of the Haunted” is destroyed, you can destroy a different “Six Samurai” monster instead of the one that was targeted by “Call of the Haunted”.

• If “Ring of Destruction” targets a “Six Samurai” monster, and you destroy a different “Six Samurai” monster instead, zero damage will be inflicted by “Ring of Destruction”.

• A “Six Samurai” monster destroyed by this effect is considered to be destroyed by the effect, no matter how the other “Six Samurai” monster would have been destroyed.

• If you control 2 “Six Samurai” monsters, and 1 of them equipped with “Legendary Ebon Steed” would be destroyed, the effect of “Legendary Ebon Steed” must be used. You cannot choose to destroy another “Six Samurai” monster instead.

Mentions in Other Rulings

• Eliminating the League: If a different “Six Samurai” is destroyed instead of the target, you cannot resolve the second part of “Eliminating the League’s” effect.

• Legendary Ebon Steed: If you control 2 “Six Samurai” monsters, and 1 of them equipped with “Legendary Ebon Steed” would be destroyed, the effect of “Legendary Ebon Steed” must be used. You cannot choose to destroy another “Six Samurai” monster instead.

• Legendary Ebon Steed: If you control 2 “Six Samurai” monsters, one equipped with “Legendary Ebon Steed” and one without, and the unequipped monster would be destroyed, you can use its final effect to destroy the equipped “Six Samurai” instead. “Legendary Ebon Steed” will then be destroyed instead of that “Six Samurai”.

• Legendary Ebon Steed: If you control 2 “Six Samurai” monsters that would be destroyed at the same time, and a third “Six Samurai” monster equipped with “Legendary Ebon Steed”, you can destroy the third “Six Samurai” to save one of the other two. “Legendary Ebon Steed” would be destroyed instead. There is no way to destroy the third “Six Samurai” and destroy “Legendary Ebon Steed” to save the other 2 “Six Samurai”.

Judge List Rulings

• If you declare an attack with "The Six Samurai - Zanji" and your opponent activates "Sakuretsu Armor", then if you apply "The Six Samurai - Zanji's" effect and destroy another "Six Samurai" monster instead, "The Six Samurai - Zanji's" attack continues as normal.